Taken by Brigands in Turkey and Bulgaria
Migs Stone of the Woman's Board of Missions, recently abducted by Bulgarian brigands, recalls two similar past encounters with bandits in Turkey. In one episode in a mountain pass the brigands rifled baggage but found nothing valuable, sparing her after learning she was a missionary. In a second, a night in a mountain hut involved a frightening, unlawful intrusion, yet she was not harmed.
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Migs Stone
Woman's Board of Missions
Turkey
Mrs Roosevelt and President Divide on Church Ties
Washington correspondent notes the Roosevelts attend different denominations yet share broad religious views. The President is Dutch Reformed by ancestry and tradition, while Mrs. Roosevelt, born a Carew, is Episcopalian and has supported its New York Washington and Albany churches. They frequently attend together and maintain their original affiliations. Arizona's Newest Industry and Angora goats loom as West markets shift away from cattle and sheep. Phoenix reports Angora goats expanding, with over a million in several states, spurring stockmen to pursue highland conditions similar to Angora, Turkey. Greater New York reportedly has 5,578 doctors.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York
Albany
Arizona
Phoenix
Ariz
Lameth Davis
South Carolina
Ihem
Turkey
Arigans
New Mexico
California
Maho
Utah
Oregon
Angora
Trapping a Tiger in Bengal's Rustic bungalow tale
An English tourist Sir Edward Potter dies during a tiger attack at a government bungalow on the Rampore Bagrah road in Bengal. A hunter Reed from New York uses bear traps and follows the beast into the jungle, killing the tiger after a dramatic struggle. Potter’s companions flee and report the incident at a post. Reed claims a hero’s purse of $500.
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India
Rampore
Bagrah
Bengal
Sir Edward Potter
Sir Edward
Theer
Rome
Read
Royal Bengal
Reed
New York
Calcutta
Balla
Thia
Riding the stang and public shaming in old England
A New York Press item explains the practice of riding the stang, a punishment for drunken husbands, where the offender is carried astride a pole through town while crowds jeer and hurl refuse, with regional variations and ritual verses recited along the route.
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England
Hiencheenga
Yorkshire
John Smith
New York Press
Talks With Birds In Their Own Tongue By Young Oshkosh Girl
V Wright a 15 year old from Oshkosh Wise has studied bird sounds since age 12. She teaches elevution at Grafton Hall and grew up in Nebraska before moving here at age three. Roosevelt era note: Filipino merchant F Abreu gifts Roosevelt a gold mounted cane and insular governor cloth. Sir Henry Irving keeps about sixty pairs of spectacles at his theater for loss and misplacement.
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V. Wright
Oshkosh
Mies Wright
F. Abreu
Roosevelt
Sir Henry Irving
Stolen Doctor Felix Le Oswald Notes Diet Shortage In Italy
Fragmented excerpt describes primordial famine in Tratian peasants and a Sicilian visitor remarking on a dog’s lean frame. The dialogue mocks scarcity by asking why food is not provided and noting the blunt exchange about receiving nothing. The scene hints at broader dietetic concerns in Italy.
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Felix le Oswald
Italy
Some Men Like Fish Says Unele Eph’m
Unele Eph’m remarks that some men like fish and will not reach the top until they change their ways. The Chicago Tribune records the saying in a tone reflecting local dialect and social observation.
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Unele Eph
Chicngo Tribune
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Ative Christian
Mrs
Greater New York
Misa Relna Wright
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